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11 unusual facts about Sydney Roosters


Brett Papworth

Papworth elected to sign for the Eastern Suburbs side at the commencement of the 1988 season but his progress was hampered with a series of injuries.

Danny Wicks

Scoring a 60 m try: 2008 – Round 6, Newcastle Knights vs Sydney Roosters Wicks managed to score a 60 m try against the Sydney Roosters by outrunning the Sydney Roosters fullback Sam Perrett on Sunday, 20 April 2008

Easts

Sydney Roosters, an Australian rugby league football team in the NRL, formerly known as "Eastern Suburbs" or "Easts" for short.

Gabriel Farley

Farley is an Australian-American rugby league player who played Juniors for the Sydney Roosters.

Gary Prohm

He went on to play for four seasons for the club before leaving in 1986 to join Eastern Suburbs in Australia for two years.

John Brass

He was part of the Roosters' premiership winning sides of 1974 and 1975, kicking two goals in the 1974 Grand Final and scoring two tries in the 1975 decider.

North Ipswich Reserve

On occasion the venue plays host to National Rugby League trial matches, most recently when the Sydney Roosters played the Jets and Brisbane Roar playing the Ipswich Knights, Western Spirit FC, Ipswich City FC from Brisbane Premier League Division 1 combining into the ipswich invitational side in every Brisbane Roar Pre-Season since 2010.

Paul Simpkins

At the time the North Queensland Cowboys were in a good attacking position and a chance of winning the game, however the early finish meant the Sydney Roosters progressed to the grand final.

Rugby league in South Africa

So far the Sydney Roosters have signed four South African rugby union players and Peter O'Sullivan stated he will bring them all on a bus back to Bondi the Melbourne Storm have also recruited players from the country.

Rugby league in Western Australia

On 14 February 2009 Members Equity Stadium in Perth played host to the first NRL pre-season match for the year between St George-Illawarra Dragons and Sydney Roosters.

V8 Ute Racing Series

Drivers have included former Australian NASCAR champion Kim Jane, actor George Elliot, country music singer Adam Brand, Television host Grant Denyer, driving instructor Gary Baxter, former Waratahs and Australian Sevens Rugby Union player Ben Dunn and former NRL Roosters player Jack Elsegood who is also the 2009 series champion former V8 Supercar drivers, Cameron McConville and Nathan Pretty.


1908 Eastern Suburbs season

Eastern Suburbs 19 (Dan Frawley 2, Miller, O'Malley, Rosenfeld tries; Messenger 2 goals) defeated North Sydney 11 (3 tries; 1 goal)

1912 Eastern Suburbs season

Eastern Suburbs field goal kicking ability was maintained on their previous season.

Eastern Suburbs overall defense improved by 37.7% on their previous season.

Eastern Suburbs try scoring ability dropped by 6.6% on their previous season.

Eastern Suburbs 10 ( H. H Messeger 4, W Messenger goals ) defeated Glebe Dirty Reds 2 ( goal ) at the Ageicultual Ground.Crowd:2200.

Eastern Suburbs goal scoring ability dropped by 21.8% on their previous season.

Eastern Suburbs conceded a total of 86 points in the 1912 season.

Eastern Suburbs field goal defence improved by 100% on their previous season.

Eastern Suburbs total points against defensive effort improved by 33.3% on their previous season.

Eastern Suburbs overall point scoring ability dropped 15.3% on their previous season.

Eastern Suburbs 12 ( Frawley, P. White tries; Messenger, Frawley goals ) defeated Newtown 6 (Russell 3 goals ) at the Agricultural ground.

Eastern Suburbs (now known as the Sydney Roosters) competed in their fifth New South Wales Rugby League season in 1912.

Eastern Suburbs try scoring defence improved by 70.5% on their previous season.

Eastern Suburbs Won there second consecutive premiership by finishing 1st at the end of the regular season.

Eastern Suburbs 9 Campbell Try; D. Messenger 3 goals) defeated South Sydney 8 (Darmody 4 goals) at the Agricultural Ground.

Eastern Suburbs goal kicking defence dropped by 7.1% on their previous season.

Eastern Suburbs total point score dropped by 23.3% on their previous season.

2002 NRL Grand Final

It looked as though it was going to be a tense finish but tries to Fitzgibbon, Chris Flannery and Bryan Fletcher as well as 3 conversions from Fitzgibbon meant the Sydney Roosters ran out 30-8 victors over the New Zealand Warriors.

2010 State of Origin series

Ironically, this investigation was carried out by a Queenslander, former Sydney Roosters CEO Brian Canavan.

2012 Gold Coast Titans season

Round 9: Phil Graham made his debut for the club, after previously playing for the Canberra Raiders and Sydney Roosters.

Barry O'Connell

Barry was one of three O'Connell brothers to play for the Eastern Suburbs club in the New South Wales Rugby League(NSWRL), older brother Wally captained Australia in that sport.

Bob Sheens

Sheens worked as a conditioner at Eastern Suburbs and Cronulla Sutherland and later was a lower grade coach at the Western Reds.

Boots N' All

An original British television concept, there used to be a version of the show broadcast on Nine Network in Australia, hosted by Andrew Voss and Phil Gould, and had regularly featured chairman of Bye Supporters club Tim Andrews, and Sydney Roosters mascot Brian the Rooster.

Doug Ricketson

He played for the Eastern Suburbs and Penrith clubs and is the father of Eastern Suburbs' longest serving player, Luke Ricketson.

Jack Coote

A junior of the Eastern Suburbs club, Jack Coote was the father of Australian Rugby League Hall of Famer Ron Coote.